Shoes of automated process production and shoemaking method thereof

ABSTRACT

Disclosed are shoes of an automated process production and a shoemaking method thereof. Each of the shoes of an automated process production comprises a shoe-upper material, a shoe sole and a plastic material. The shoe-upper material is one piece and includes a shoe-upper and a footrest underside coupled with each other. The plastic material is coated onto the shoe-upper and the footrest underside and filled between the footrest underside and the shoe sole, and the plastic material forms at least one support member attached to the shoe-upper and the footrest underside. The shoe sole is coupled to the footrest underside by plastic material.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims the benefit of Taiwan Patent Application No. 102100333, filed on Jan. 4, 2013, in the Taiwan Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference.

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to shoes of an automated process production and a shoemaking method thereof, and more particularly to the shoes of an automated process production and the shoemaking method thereof in which coating a plastic material on a shoe-upper material and gluing a shoe sole to a footrest underside may be performed simultaneously.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

In the conventional shoemaking procedure, a glue or adhesive must be applied onto a shoe-upper material and a sole must before attaching them with one another, and a surface treatment of the sole is performed, so that the glue or adhesive can be coupled to the sole securely.

However, the use of the glue or adhesive and the surface treatment of the sole may cause environmental pollutions, and the gluing process generally relies on manpower for the alignment, and any poorly glued shoe-upper material and sole cannot be reworked or glued again, and thus causing a problem for controlling the yield rate. In addition, the labor cost of the manufacturing industry becomes increasingly higher, and the technical skill of the workers becomes increasingly lower. Therefore, the material, labor and manufacturing costs required in a production process become a big burden to the shoe industry.

At present, different conventional manufacturing processes fail to provide a good adhesive quality while reducing the manufacturing cost. Obviously, the yield rate and economic benefit related to shoemaking technical field require further improvements.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

In view of the aforementioned drawbacks of the prior art, it is a primary objective of the present invention to provide shoes of an automated process production and a shoemaking method thereof and overcome the problems related to the complicated shoemaking process and the waste of materials, manufacturing time and labor.

To achieve the aforementioned objective, the present invention provides a shoe of an automated process production, comprising a shoe-upper material, a shoe sole and a plastic material. The shoe-upper material is a one-piece three-dimensional structure and includes a shoe-upper and a footrest underside, and the shoe-upper is coupled to the footrest underside along an edge of the footrest underside. The shoe sole is installed at the footrest underside. The plastic material is coated onto shoe-upper and footrest underside and filled between footrest underside and the shoe sole, and the shoe sole is glued to the footrest underside by the plastic material, and the plastic material forms at least one support member attached onto the shoe-upper and the footrest underside.

Preferably, the shoe-upper material has a plurality of pores.

Preferably, the plastic material is permeated into the plurality of pores of the shoe-upper material, when the plastic material is coated onto the shoe-upper and the footrest underside of the shoe-upper material.

Preferably, the shoe-upper material is a braid.

Preferably, the shoe-upper material is leather.

In addition, the present invention further provides a shoemaking method of an automated process production, comprising the steps of: providing a one-piece three-dimensional structured shoe-upper material, and the shoe-upper material including a shoe-upper and a footrest underside, and the shoe-upper being coupled to an edge of the footrest underside along the footrest underside; providing a shoe sole, installed at the footrest underside; coating a plastic material onto the shoe-upper and the footrest underside and filling the plastic material between the footrest underside and the shoe sole by a gluing step to glue the shoe sole to the footrest underside; and forming at least one support member attached to the shoe-upper and the footrest underside by the plastic material to support the shoe-upper material.

Preferably, the gluing step further comprises the steps of: setting the shoe-upper material onto a shoe shaped inner mold; putting the shoe-upper material and the shoe sole into a shaping mold body having at least one preset mold cavity, and pressing the shoe-upper material by the shaping mold body; injecting the plastic material into the at least one preset mold cavity of the shaping mold body by a plastic injection molding machine, such that the plastic material is coated onto the shoe-upper and the footrest underside and filled between the footrest underside and the shoe sole; and removing the shoe shaped inner mold and the shaping mold body by a demolding step.

Preferably, the shoemaking method further comprises the following steps before the demolding step takes place: permeating the plastic material into a plurality of pores of the shoe-upper material, such that the plastic material is coupled to the shoe-upper material; and waiting till the plastic material is cured and shaped, such that the plastic material forms an intermediate glue layer between the footrest underside and the shoe sole to glue the shoe sole to the footrest underside.

Preferably, the shoe shaped inner mold is a movably stretchable shoe last.

Preferably, the shaping mold body includes at least three shaping mold blocks having the at least one preset mold cavity.

In summation, the shoes of an automated process production and a shoemaking method thereof in accordance with the present invention use a plastic injection molding machine to inject the plastic material into the mold and coat the plastic material onto the shoe-upper material and fill the plastic material between the shoe sole and the footrest underside to form an intermediate glue layer for gluing the shoe sole to the footrest underside, so as to achieve the effects of saving material, manufacturing and labor costs.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 is an exploded view of a shoe of an automated process production of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a shoe of an automated process production of the present invention;

FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view of a shoe of an automated process production of the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a flow chart of a shoemaking method of shoes of an automated process production in accordance with the present invention; and

FIG. 5 is a flow chart of a gluing step of a shoemaking method of shoes of an automated process production in accordance with the present invention.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

The technical characteristics, contents, advantages and effects of the present invention will be apparent with the detailed description of a preferred embodiment accompanied with related drawings as follows. The drawings are provided for the illustration, and same numerals are used to represent respective elements in the preferred embodiments. It is intended that the embodiments and drawings disclosed herein are to be considered illustrative rather than restrictive. Same numerals are used for representing same respective elements in the drawings.

With reference to FIGS. 1 to 3 for an exploded view, a schematic view and a cross-sectional view of shoes of an automated process production of the present invention respectively, the shoes of an automated process production 1 comprises a shoe-upper material 11, a shoe sole 12 and a plastic material 13. The shoe-upper material 11 is a one-piece three-dimensional structure and includes a shoe-upper 111 and a footrest underside 112. The shoe-upper 111 is coupled to the footrest underside 112 along an edge of the footrest underside 112 and provided for covering a portion of a wearer's foot. The shoe sole 12 is installed at the footrest underside 112. The plastic material 13 is coated onto the shoe-upper 111 and the footrest underside 112 and filled between the footrest underside 112 and the shoe sole 12, and the shoe sole 12 is glued to the footrest underside 112 by the plastic material 13. The plastic material 13 forms at least one support member 131 attached onto the shoe-upper 111 and the footrest underside 112.

In addition, the shoe-upper material 11 is a one-piece three-dimensional braid, but the invention is not limited to the braid only, but any other equivalent material such as leather can be used instead. Since the shoe-upper material 11 is formed by a weaving method, and weaving threads are usually not closely woven, therefore the shoe-upper material 11 has a plurality of pores 113.

When the melted plastic material 13 is coated onto the shoe-upper 111 and the footrest underside 112 of the shoe-upper material 11, the plastic material 13 is covered onto the shoe-upper 111 and the footrest underside 112 of the shoe-upper material 11 and also permeated into the plurality of pores 113 of the shoe-upper material 11, After the plastic material 13 is cured gradually within a period of time the plastic material 13 permeated into the plurality of pores 113 is cured to connect and seal each pore 113, so that the plastic material 13 can be attached tightly onto the shoe-upper material 11.

However, the shoe-upper material 11 is a braid with insufficient supporting force to support its own weight and the shoe-upper material 11 is a three-dimensional form, so that when after the plastic material 13 is cured, the plastic material 13 has a specific hardness to become a three-dimensional structured support member 131 for supporting the shoe-upper material 11, and the framework of the shoe-upper material 11 is generally attached onto an external surface (including the shoe-upper 111 and the footrest underside 112) of the shoe-upper material 11 to provide a supporting force to the whole shoe-upper material 11 and support the shoe-upper material 11 in a three-dimensional form.

Beside providing the supporting force to the shoe-upper material 11, the support member 131 also has other functions, such as the adjustment of the mold according to the design requirements during the manufacture, so that when the plastic material 13 is injected to the shoe-upper material 11, the plastic material 13 forms a stylish form corresponding to the mold on the shoe-upper material 11, and the plastic material 13 has a specific shape on the shoe-upper material 11, and the color of the plastic material 13 is selected to match with the color of the shoe-upper 111 while completing the coloring operation. The invention can save the manufacturing cost and time effectively. For example, the conventional shoemaking methods require attaching the stylish parts one by one onto the shoe-upper material 11, and some methods even require a sewing process to fix the parts. Now, the present invention injects the plastic material 13 directly to form the parts onto the shoe-upper material 11, not only achieving a better attachment of the parts with the shoe-upper material 11, but also saving the manpower and manufacturing time required for the attaching and sewing operations effectively.

It is noteworthy that the shoe-upper material 11 cannot support itself before the manufacture, so that it is necessary to use a shoe shaped inner mold 14 installed inside the shoe-upper material 11 to provide a supporting force during the manufacture. The detailed description of the shoemaking method of an automated process production is given below.

Even though the concept of shoemaking method of an automated process production of the present invention has been described in the process of describing the shoes of an automated process production of the present invention, the following flow charts are provided to give a more detailed description of the shoemaking method.

With reference to FIGS. 4 and 5 for the flow charts of a shoemaking method of an automated process production and a gluing step of the shoemaking method of an automated process production in accordance with the present invention respectively, the shoemaking method of an automated process production of the invention comprises the following steps:

S11: Providing a one-piece three-dimensional structured shoe-upper material, wherein the shoe-upper material includes a shoe-upper and a footrest underside, and the shoe-upper is coupled to the footrest underside along an edge of the footrest underside.

S12: Providing a shoe sole, installed at the footrest underside and disposed at a position corresponding to the footrest underside.

S13: Coating a plastic material onto the shoe-upper and footrest underside and filling the plastic material between the footrest underside and the shoe sole by a gluing step to glue the shoe sole to the footrest underside.

S14: Forming at least one support member attached onto the shoe-upper and the footrest underside by the plastic material to support the upper material.

In addition, the gluing step further comprises the following steps:

S131: Setting the shoe-upper material onto a shoe shaped inner mold, wherein the shoe shaped inner mold can be a movably stretchable shoe last, and adjust the size of the shoe-upper material to fit different sizes of shoes.

S132: Putting the shoe-upper material and the shoe sole in a shaping mold body having at least one preset mold cavity, and pressing the shoe-upper material by the shaping mold body, wherein the shaping mold body includes at least three movable shaping mold blocks having the at least one preset mold cavity. For example, this embodiment adopts three mold blocks for pressing both sides of the shoe-upper and the footrest underside respectively, but the quantity of mold blocks is not limited to three but it can be adjusted according to actual requirements. It is noteworthy to point out that the shoe sole is placed onto one of the mold blocks corresponding to the footrest underside.

S133: Injecting a plastic material into the at least one preset mold cavity of the shaping mold body by a plastic injection molding machine to coat the plastic material onto the shoe-upper and the footrest underside and fill the plastic material between the footrest underside and the shoe sole.

S134: Removing the shoe shaped inner mold and the shaping mold body by a demolding step.

Before the demolding step takes place, the shoemaking method of the invention further comprises the following steps:

S1331: Permeating the plastic material into the plurality of pores of the shoe-upper material to connect the plastic material to the shoe-upper material.

S1332: Waiting till the plastic material is cured and shaped, the plastic material forms an intermediate glue layer between the footrest underside and the shoe sole to glue the shoe sole to the footrest underside.

For short, the shoe-upper material and the shoe sole are placed into predetermined positions in the mold, and then an injection molding method is used to inject the melted plastic material into the mold and shape and cure the plastic material in the mold, while the plastic material is tightly fixed onto the shoe-upper material, and the shoe sole is also tightly fixed onto the plastic material of the footrest underside. Therefore, the manufacturing process can be simplified to facilitate the manufacture, and the plastic material can be used effectively to support the shoe-upper material and fix the shoe sole, while giving a decorative effect.

The detailed description and implementation of the shoemaking method of an automated process production of the present invention have been described previously in the section of the shoes of an automated process production of the present invention, and thus will not be repeated. 

What is claimed is:
 1. A shoe of an automated process production, comprising: a shoe-upper material, being one-piece three-dimensional structure, and including a shoe-upper and a footrest underside, and the shoe-upper being coupled to the footrest underside along an edge of the footrest underside; a shoe sole, installed at the footrest underside; and a plastic material, coated onto the shoe-upper and the footrest underside, and filled between the footrest underside and the shoe sole, and the shoe sole being glued to the footrest underside by the plastic material, and the plastic material forming at least one support member attached onto the shoe-upper and the footrest underside.
 2. The shoe of an automated process production according to claim 1, wherein the shoe-upper material has a plurality of pores.
 3. The shoe of an automated process production according to claim 2, wherein the plastic material is permeated into the plurality of pores of the shoe-upper material, when the plastic material is coated onto the shoe-upper and the footrest underside of the shoe-upper material.
 4. The shoe of an automated process production according to claim 1, wherein the shoe-upper material is a braid.
 5. The shoe of an automated process production according to claim 1, wherein the shoe-upper material is leather.
 6. A shoemaking method of an automated process production, comprising the steps of: providing a one-piece three-dimensional structured shoe-upper material, and the shoe-upper material including a shoe-upper and a footrest underside, and the shoe-upper being coupled to an edge of the footrest underside along the footrest underside; providing a shoe sole, installed at the footrest underside; coating a plastic material onto the shoe-upper and the footrest underside and filling the plastic material between the footrest underside and the shoe sole by a gluing step to glue the shoe sole to the footrest underside; and forming at least one support member attached to the shoe-upper by the plastic material to support the shoe-upper material.
 7. The shoemaking method of an automated process production according to claim 6, wherein the gluing step further comprises the steps of: setting the shoe-upper material onto a shoe shaped inner mold; putting the shoe-upper material and the shoe sole into a shaping mold body having at least one preset mold cavity, and pressing the shoe-upper material by the shaping mold body; injecting the plastic material into the at least one preset mold cavity of the shaping mold body by a plastic injection molding machine, such that the plastic material is coated onto the shoe-upper and the footrest underside and filled between the footrest underside and the shoe sole; and removing the shoe shaped inner mold and the shaping mold body by a demolding step.
 8. The shoemaking method of an automated process production according to claim 7, further comprising the following steps before the demolding step takes place: permeating the plastic material into a plurality of pores of the shoe-upper material, such that the plastic material is coupled to the shoe-upper material; and waiting till the plastic material is cured and shaped, such that the plastic material forms an intermediate glue layer between the footrest underside and the shoe sole to glue the shoe sole to the footrest underside.
 9. The shoemaking method of an automated process production according to claim 7, wherein the shoe shaped inner mold is a movably stretchable shoe last.
 10. The shoemaking method of an automated process production according to claim 7, wherein the shaping mold body includes at least three movable shaping mold blocks having the at least one preset mold cavity. 